By JULES LAVALLEE
Uldouz Wallace is an award winning Actress, writer, producer, influencer and activist with over 10 million social media followers combined.
Uldouz Wallace was discovered by John Singleton and has starred in Dane Cooks, Good Luck Chuck, Renee Zellwegers, Case 39, L Word and many more films and tv series. She received over 21 Awards for her short film “Hacked” which was executive produced, written and starred by her. Hacked brought awareness to people about the effects of being a victim of hacking and leaking of private images and videos.
Uldouz Wallace is a survivor of the 2014 iCloud Hack/Leak, her private images and a video was hacked by a predator that later auctioned & leaked them to the internet which later was shared on all the adult sites without her consent and completely taking away her basic human rights. These horrifying set of events completely destroyed her bright future to success. Through experience Uldouz Wallace realized the imbalance between technology and the current laws and how they need to be updated to protect the future of children, women & men, that’s when she decided to change the law , she reached out to several senators and non profit organizations and created The Protect Act Bill which was recently introduced by senator Mike Lee, and was also introduced into the house of representatives by Senator Anna Luna Paulina, she testified at Capitol Hill and is currently an Advisor for White House Task Force regarding Image Based Sexual Abuse and she also started her non profit 501(c)3 Foundation Ra and the #protectmyimage movement to help victims of image & video based abuse. She also started her own international coalition and Canada has recently introduced their version of the protect act and other countries all around the world are currently introducing their own version of the protect act as well.
When did your passion for entertainment begin?
My passion for entertainment began when I was very young, probably around 5 years old. I saw entertainers dancing, acting and singing and I used to emulate everything that they used to do. But growing up in Sweden, I never really thought I would be able to get into entertainment because Sweden at that time was very racist and I wasn’t really considered to be in Swedish media cause I wasn’t blonde blue eyed etc but now everything has changed. I’m really grateful for growing up in Sweden, despite everything that happened.
Tell us about your award-winning short film, “Hacked.” What was the catalyst?
My film “Hacked” is loosely based on my experience with being one of the victims of the iCloud hack leak in 2014, this film was my first attempt to bring some awareness to this issue through the film festivals and it has won 21 awards so far.
You were on the Dr. Phil Show talking about your experience with your private images and video being hacked by a predator and to discuss The Protect Act. Tell us about your work to protect others.
I wanted to create a safer digital space for everyone and to make sure that nobody goes through what I went through, after 10 years of being heavily exploited by adult sites and everyone on online platforms I decided to change the law and now we have the Protect Act which was introduced by Senator Mike Lee federally and Senator Anna Luna Paulina introduced it to the House of Representatives, Representative Manny Cruz and Judith Garcia from Massachusetts introduced their state version of the Protect act and Senator Brandon Guffey from South Carolina as well.
The Protect Act has also had a lot of success internationally. I also created my own non profit which protects and prevents victims of image based sexual abuse, we help people take down non consensual content, law enforcement, legal advice, therapy and so much more for free.
I wanted to create something that I wish I had when I became a victim, after 10 years of reaching out to non profits, lawyers and take down people a lot of them claim to help but little to nothing is actually done to help victims, I realized quickly a lot of it is just for show, which was disappointing.
Uldouz Wallace On The Dr. Phil Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdAxUkbToHs&t=76s
You have over 10 million social media followers combined. Tell us about how you keep your content fresh and some of the brands you work with.
To be able to continue to create content for over 15 years you have to adapt to the trends, the platforms and continue to be consistent. Everything is not going to always go viral but if you’re consistent you will go viral at some point, you just have to believe in yourself when nobody else will and continue to push it.
I worked with so many brands, Lionsgate, livenation, change.org, Uber, Postmates just to name a few.
What is your advice for women entrepreneurs looking to build a global brand? Can you share a few challenges on your road to success?
I think my honest advice would be just put your head down and work, have a lot of discernment when working with other people, you never know what other people are up to behind closed doors, just keep to yourself, if you’re successful most likely people that are jealous and envious will bad mouth you and create smear campaigns etc it comes with the territory, don’t let them discourage you, that’s what they want, ignore and keep it moving up.
I truly believe that if you work hard the success will come when you believe in yourself when creating a brand, if you worked hard and created a brand you will always know your worth.
Who would you like to work with in 2025?
I would love to work with all the lawmakers around the world, especially the President, also a lot of brands that are big household names that support change, I think the online platforms like meta, Snapchat, X, Google and so on would really benefit working with me and Foundation Ra to create a safer online space.
If anyone needs help or wants to support please go to www.foundationra.com you can find resources, donate, sign the petition and volunteer.
Snapchat: snapuldouz https://snapchat.com/t/oVo5LeGE
